American soldiers undergo Advanced Individual Training (AIT) for maintaining physical fitness at the unit level. Group of U.S. Army recruits having completed basic training stands in line and boards a bus with their duffel bags to head to initial assignments. At initial assignments, physical training continues, as drill trainers give technical instructions to the soldiers. They undergo physical exercises, rifle drill, marching, rugged grass drill, obstacle course. U.S. Army soldiers practice bayonet tactics. Soldiers also learn hand to hand combat tactics and play soccer to maintain their fitness.
As film opens, United Auto Worlers (UAW) and CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) union workers are celebrating their unprecedented labor contract with the General Motors Company (GM) , covering union workers in all GM plants. Men and women of the union Auxiliary celebrate, including many gathered at the entrance to the GM headquarters building in Detroit, Michigan. Scene shifts to UAW leader, Walter Reuther, speaking in a broadcast microphone. Women ride atop a union loudspeaker equipped vehicle. Celebrants ride in a car displaying a sign reading: "AGREEMENT, UAWA & GM, 1. Fire all Scabs 2. Rehire strikers." Another car has a sign reading: "Victory Rally, Tonite, 7PM." Camera focuses on UAW President, R.J. Thomas shaking hands with CIO leader, Philip Murray. Walter Reuther of the UAW stands beside Philip Murray and places his hand on Murray's shoulder. Closeup of Philip Murray. Members of the women's union auxiliary march in victory. GM tool and die machinists are next, seen, looking over the contract. (Their strike initiated the broad based union response to GM, leading to the new contract.) Next scenes show the tool and die makers back to work. Some are seen using overhead crane and chain to maneuver a heavy machine part. Closeups of milling machine, power drill , and lathe in operation. A worker lowers protective gear over his head and begins welding. Two men use hand held grinders to finish parts. UAW President R.J. Thomas speaks into a microphone. Cheering women walk past a GM plant, outdoors, as viewed from behind. Cheerful closeup of a mother, father and infant.
United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm. A heavily sandbagged bunker is seen on sand, in front of several maritime shipping containers.A view inside, reveals an armed U.S. Coast Guard Port Securityman on duty. A rugged signpost outside points to Phoenix,AZ, 11,915 miles; Ft. Eustice, VA,11,759 miles; Playboy Mansion,11,530 miles; Los Angeles,11,519 miles; and Baghdad, 18 minutes Scud missile time. Scene shifts to American actress, Brooke Shields, in camouflage fatigue uniform, surrounded by similarly dressed U.S. Coastguard securitymen of a Port Security Unit in Bahrain. Brooke Shields wears a blue cap bearing a triangular unit insignia, or logo. She is later seen signing autographs for the Coast Guard personnel and handing out packages labelled "GI Christmas Gift Pac. Merry Christmas from the folks back home. Thank you for your sacrifices to protect our American way of life."
French gunner, in camouflaged position, firing Canon de 155 Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) mle.1917 (155mm gun) during World War 1. German gunners firing Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 field piece. Closeups of the Krupp gun barrel during firing. American soldiers run to front of their French 75 artillery piece and use ramrod to clean the barrel. Final images show U.S. gunners operating French 75 field pieces in routine as well as rapid fire mode.
Renault FT Light Tank being tested in woods at U.S. Locomobile Automobile Company Plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut, during World War 1. A driver gets into the tank and drives it through heavy underbrush and over small sapling trees in the woods. At the end of the tests, the driver exits the tank and shakes hands with a U.S. Army officer. The driver maneuvers the tank up a ramp and onto a carrier truck bed. He climbs out of the tank and closes the hatches. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. infantry in training with French tank company. American infantrymen march past a parked French Schneider CA tank. Later, a Schneider emerges from woods with U.S. infantry behind it. Several French officers and soldiers are also seen. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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